17 May 2024

36 links · Friday

Feedland Blogroll thoughts

I’ve loved RSS since I started blogging. I’ve been using Feedland as an RSS reader since it started. Feedland is an interesting and opinionated take on an RSS reader. I partic…

Create Apps Easily with Streamlit

Learn how to build Python apps with Streamlit, a powerful tool for creating user-friendly interfaces quickly

Get Yourself a /dev/lunch

In 2009, I was working with a group of friends at a small software agency. We had a cheap office in downtown Halifax. The building was not in great shape, but the offices were well below market price because the place kept threatening to be turned into condos.

curl, Tor, dot onion and SOCKS

You can of course use curl to access hosts through Tor. (I know you know Tor so I am not going to explain it here.)

dotNetDave Rocks The Bay.NET User Group

The dotNetDave No Rest for the Wicked World Tour is holding a virtual session on code and app performance for Microsoft .NET, tailored to .NET 8, on June 20th. The session will cover optimizing cod…

Reimagining Pong Wars with C# and MVUX

Build a cross-platform Pong Wars game using C# and MVUX with Uno Platform. It dives into the game's architecture, state management, and core mechanics, along with the advantages of immutability for data integrity. Learn how C# markup simplifies UI development,…

Wolverine’s Test Support Diagnostics

I’m working on fixing a reported bug with Wolverine today and its event forwarding from Marten feature. I can’t say that I yet know why this should-be-very-straightforward-and-looks-exa…

XUnit–Improve type safety

While doing a code review, I discovered a feature in XUnit I didn't know it existed. Let me share what I discovered.  I've been used to spec...

JavaScript Nulls and Programming Minutiae

Socrates once said “the unexamined life is not worth living.” He was immediately sentenced to death afterwards. I, too, often find myself examining the minutiae of programming languages. Thankfully, I have not been put to death for it (yet). After spending…

The Forged Apple Employee Badge

Here’s a quick and cautionary tale. This eBay auction, spotted by Eric Vitiello, immediately caught my eye: Wow. Someone was selling Apple Employee #10’s employee badge?! What an incred…